Driving on highway at about 60 mph and truck wheel started wobbling violently ….. searing wheel violently oscillating right left right left uncontrollably!!! Finally stopped after slowing down to below speed on highway … totally unsafe !!! My shoulders and neck hurt for several days from trying to keep the truck straight. Thank God it was not a busy freeway at the moment or I would have been hit or my horse trailer which I was pulling. No way to stop the violent oscillation except slow to almost stop
2011 Ford F-250 suspension complaints
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The truck has developed the "death wobble" at speeds between 50 and 60mph. Driving becomes uncontrollable as the truck shakes and bounces very hard and I have to rapidly come to a stop. I've had some work done on it at a local shop but it hasn't solved the problem. It's basically not highway road worthy but I can drive it around town.
I was going 65 MPH in center lane, hit a pothole. The right front wheel began to vibrate wildly. I thought it was going to fall off. I slammed my brakes and veered sharply right to reach the breakdown lane. We were nearly in a violent collision. The car behind me slammed his breaks, leaving skid marks, the car in the lane to my right was forced into the breakdown lane, also leaving skid marks. We had 200 miles to home which we drove slowly without further incident. I had to replace: tie rod ends, steering damper, ball joint, stabilizer bar. Truck needed an alignment. $1008.37. 4 months later, I hit a pothole. The LEFT front tire vibrated wildly. Now I knew what do do.
While traveling on the highway, after driving over a slight bump prior to an overpass, the front wheels shook violently while jerking the steering wheel from my hands. This occurred three separate times.
This truck developed "death wobble" after a simple tire rotation. At approximately 53mph, any bump in the road surface would cause the front end to shake violently and cause the truck to be uncontrollable. While violent, it locks the truck into an unsteerable condition and only hard braking can stop the truck. the truck shuttered violently until stopped. From the repairs it appears a combination of weakening shocks and steering stabilizer cause the front end to shutter mildly and probably constantly until the bushings on the track bar are worn enough to cause problems. Then any alteration in front end components, like rotating the tires will unbalance the entire precarious set-up. Once "death wobble" has occurred, it becomes more violent and happens more often until the truck is fixed. Worst of all, there is no single fix or known fix for this problem. The owner if forced to spent thousands of dollars trying every known fix until the problem stops. It was so violent, I was concerned the truck could possibly destroy itself. I was astounded the entire truck did not shake itself apart, it was extremely violent and made steering impossible. I had to drive back to the tire shop at 45mph and carefully avoid even the most minor bump in the road to stop the truck from shaking itself to pieces or killing us.
The problem with this vehicle is Death Wobble from the front suspension of the truck. Over the years it has done this and is quite dangerous when at highway speed, because when it happens, you will have to slow to 30 MPH to regain control of the the truck. I have had this issue fixed two separate times, about every four years, by replacing the ball joint and track bar. These repairs are costing about $450 usd. There are no warning before this problem happens. You simply have to hit a bump in the road going 60-70 MPH for it happen.
2011 ford f250 death wobble. Front end repaired after several wobble incidents in 2018. Vehicle now begins shaking at speed of 45mph and uncontrollable at 65mph. I either have to slow down, or accelerate to 70+ to avoid the wobble, but steering still shakes
Experience death wobble every time I merge onto the highway. Results in loss of control and is very hard to control and maintain in my lane.
At highway speeds if hitting a defect in the road, like a pothole or some kind of dip, my front end starts shaking violently and I can barely keep control of the truck. This is known as death wobble. This has happened multiple times while driving down the highway.
Front end shimmy that is felt in the steering while moving at highway speeds.
Traveling on interstate onramp getting up to speed and at approximately 50 MPH hit a small bump and front end started to shake violently to the point I had to slow to 30 MPH for it to stop almost causing accident. Accelerated up to 75 MPH again with no issue. Approximately 3 miles after the first incident I went across a bridge and the bump at bridge transition caused the truck to again violently shake until I slowed down to 30mph. No modifications to the vehicle suspension. Truck has 112000 miles. Dealer says nothing wrong even though it happened while testing it. It does not happen everytime I hit a bump. But it does happen 2-3 times per month
Almost killed me and my family from death wobble on the highway. Truck violently shakes when bumps are hit going over 50mph. Extreme safety hazard. Hit a bump on I-25 and shook across 3 lanes of traffic. This is about 6 times since I bought the vehicle and the dealer says there are no issues with the truck. I know 8 ford owners with the exact same issue.
I'm experiencing the death wobble while driving after hitting a bump in the road. It happens on regular roads and interstates. I have changed all front end parts and shocks, got new tires balanced and aligned, and it's still not fixed. I'm told there's nothing else that can be done. It has been happening for over a year. It has happened anywhere between 40mph and 70mph.
My ford f-250 starts shaking very very bad when I hit a small bump on the freeway. To get the very scary wobble to stop I need to slow down on the freeway between 20-30 miles per hour. This has happened over 50 times. I've had it happen 3 times within ten miles before. Slowing down to 20-30 on the freeway has been very dangerous. And I have almost been in a few accidents because of it. It is so bad and dangerous that I try not to ever have anyone ride in my truck with me. My family is scared to ride it it anyways.
Death wobble. As I was accelerating to enter freeway traffic my right front wheel hit a pot hole on the on ramp. I was doing approximately 50 MPH. The truck immediately went into a wobble that was almost un-controllable. I was able to slow my truck and drive to the shoulder of the freeway. I inspected the front end, tires, shocks, steering dampener (which were new) and did not find any problems.
Was driving truck approximately 60 MPH when it began experiencing death wobble. This has been occurring more and more frequently over the past 6 months and I recently had the shocks, steering dampener, & drag link replaced and it only made the wobble worse. I had to pull over twice within 5 miles to get the steering wheel to stop shaking.
Death wobble, shaking uncontrollably when hitting bumps or uneven roads on highway at 65mph
Ford f-250 crewcab with no aftermarket parts & ford recommended rims/tires: a month ago I noticed wobbling/shaking similar to the described 'death wobble'. Placed truck in for service and a recommendation for a solution. While driving over 50 MPH and the vehicle runs over bump on the highway, the steering wheel and truck will shake violently. As this so called death wobble occurs I will coast over to the emergency lane and coast to a stop. I have noticed vehicles behind me slow down quickly and I am assuming they are see truck shake violently, too. If other drivers are seeing this death wobble occurring I am wondering if these drivers are taking emergency avoidance actions which could cause an accident to others. How safe are f-250/f-350 to be on the road? The pickup has been the shop twice for repairs and now I need to contact the shop again for third recommendation. All of the ford recommendations have been completed but the death wobble returns again in less than 60 miles. I cannot sell the pick-up because I know the pick-up has the death wobble. 'so now I am stuck with a pick-up that cannot be driven on the highway. Please post any suggestions/recommendations for a repair for the death wobble. Thank you for your help
Let me start by saying that my truck does not have any aftermarket changes - it is completely stock/oem. At highway speeds (60mph+), the front end of my truck sometimes shudders severely after going over small road surface changes such as joints/seams in the highway. At first it only occurred during sweeping highway turns, but it has progressed to happening on straights as well. The shudder is so severe that the steering wheel nearly shakes out of my hands and things in the stowage spots on the doors are shaken out. I now have to slow to <30mph in order to settle the front end which is obviously extremely dangerous to have to suddenly do on a highway. The initial event occurred at roughly 80k miles and only happened a few times a year. I now have 130k miles and the problem has occurred 3 times within the last month. I've recently replaced all shock absorbers and the steering dampener, had an alignment and the tires balanced and rotated - to no avail. The truck is currently in the shop where they are trying to identify the specific problem but have told me this is relatively common among ford super duty trucks. After doing some research online I have found numerous online communities discussing this problem that has apparently been occurring with ford super duty trucks for over a decade and is still occurring on new units with as few as 15k miles.
My truck violently shakes after hitting a bump or groove. I am barely able to control it and it will not stop until you bring the vehicle to a stop.
When traveling over 50 MPH when my vehicle hits a bump, I get a "death wobble" where the front end shakes uncontrollably. The only option that I have is to slow the vehicle down to 35 or below to get it to stop. I've come close to either losing control or getting hit from behind on several occasions. I can replicate this event by going over different bumps in the road. I have re-aligned my vehicle, replaced the brake system, installed a new steering dampner, rotors, etc, to no avail. Ford dealerships play stupid and act as if there's no problem, I've taken it to multiple mechanics and they insist that it's faulty parts within the steering and suspension. Would like to have it repaired if possible, but don't have a lot of options as to what the true cause is. Please advise as to whether or not you have any other complaints . This has been an ongoing issue since I purchased the vehicle new in 2011. It has only gotten worse as it gets older.
Ford death wobble when the truck hits a rough spot in the road, uncontrollable wobble that requires a full stop.
Vehicle is experiencing "death wobble". Dealership installed kc3z 3e651 b:damper assy to fix the issue. Problem re-occurred within weeks. Took it back to the dealer and they could not explain. This time they said the trac bar ball joint needed to be replaced. Replaced it and had the same problem re-occurring within days. This problem occurs randomly when driving over minor bumps, road seams in bridges, etc. With and without carrying a load. Indications are heavy vibrations in the front end/steering that will not stop until you let the vehicle de-accelerate on it's own without using the brake.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford f-250. The contact stated while driving approximately 50 MPH and driving over a bump in the roadway, the front end of the vehicle suddenly started to violently shake and vibrate. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer autonation ford located at 4355 jonesboro rd, union city, ga 30291, who diagnosed that the suspension needed to be repaired. The damper assembly, front suspension, ball joints, and tie rod connections were replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 94,000.
The steering damper has malfunction which caused death wobble. The truck almost flipped.
Shortly after purchasing the truck, was driving on residential street @ a low speed & front end started shaking uncomtrollable,after running over a man hole cover had to fully stop fully, shortly after I was getting on an expresssssy & ran over small chug hole and it started again, took to my mechanic who installed a heavy duty stabilizer bar, new shocks a new camber kit & 2 allignments, still does the same thing, hoping ford has the answer for repairs, would love to be able to pull our rv with the grandkids & wife
Driving 45 MPH on road I drive all the time and all of the sudden the truck started shaking violently and there was no ability to steer at all because of the shaking. I had to slow the truck down to just a few MPH to get the shaking to stop. It was extremely scary and there was absolutely no way to turn the vehicle in any direction if I had needed to.
I was driving on the interstate and hit a bump in the road and the steering wheel was shaking uncontrollably, brakes barely worked while trying to pull off the road. At first I thought that my tires were about to come off my truck, the shaking was so bad that items in the seat ended up on the floorboard of the truck. While trying to get the truck to stop and off the interstate I was almost rear ended by an 18 wheeler.
Vehicle in motion at 60 to 65 MPH on smooth public city highway when the vehicle began shaking uncontrollably particularly in the front end. Steering became difficult to control and although I immediately began to brake and attempt to keep it from the median or ditch the vehicle didn't cease the uncontrollable shaking until I came to a near stop off the edge of the highway. It continues to feel as if it were about to occur any moment again the remaining 20 miles to my home. I intend on taking it to the ford dealership first thing in the morning as if was a dangerous situation to myself and wife as well as other drivers on the highway. Purchased vehicle less than 5 months ago.
Truck has excessive wobble at highway speeds causing loss of control. Death wobble. New tires, track bar, tie rod ends have been installed and front end adjusted to ford bulletin with no solution of correcting the issue. This issue started in august 2018 and has been in the dealership several times for corrections. The truck was in the shop again last week with the same issue.
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